I’ve heard nothing but great things about Arundel, let us know what you think.
Honestly, was not impressed by Arundel. Besides the lack of a bar, any type of food, one bathroom on the entire course, the place is one of the most dangerous courses I've ever played. It's an absolute shooting gallery, with greens and tee boxes separated by feet. You need to have your head on a swivel. Even the drive into the course is frightening. There's basically a 1.5 lane road right through the middle of the course that you take to get from the main street to the clubhouse. The road itself doesn't really come into play on the course, but you literally drive though about 6 fairways coming from either side to get through. You basically drive, stop, make sure nobody is hitting into your car, drive, stop, do it again, until you make it through the firing range. Never seen anything like it.
That said, course was in great shape, greens ran really well. It's short, plays like 5,900 yards from the blacks/tips, and is a par 69, but the greens are diabolical. I played as well as I could from tee to green on day one, but had like 40+ putts (including putts from off the greens) and shot 85. We finished in 2nd, by one shot. I missed like 5 birdie putts inside 6 feet. Easily the worst round I've ever had with a putter.
Day 2, my partner and won at -9. I was getting 11 shots, and shot 39 on the front after starting double, bogey. Then the hangover kicked in, and I was a mess on the back, but my partner went -2 gross on the back on his own ball (including 3 birdies in the last 4 holes). We beat 2nd place by 6 shots, and he had 3 birdies live in the pool, and I had 1. Financially, had a good weekend, and we had a ton of laughs. If I happened to be in Kennebunkport for a few days, I'd definitely play it, and I'd do something like a 2-day up there again with my friends, but I certainly wouldn't drive 150 miles round trip just go up there and play a round to see the course. There are way too many better courses much closer than that.
One of my friends flipped out (which is pretty standard for him) and threw his driver in the river, and it was fun taking pictures of it as it floated away and then texting it out to the group. I appreciate a good club throw and given the chaos going on (balls flying, people talking because there are 2 greens and 3 tee boxes in an area that could fit on that giant green at the International) when he duck hooked one OOB, it was warranted.